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Title	Contains Image(s)	Description	Keywords
ai-no-ma 相の間		1　A space between two main structures or two points. 2　In the case of two buildings…	Architecture, Shrines, Folk Dwellings
banbei 蕃塀	✓	Also pronounced hanbei. A single, free-standing, short timber fence placed as a guard in front of the north, east,…	Architecture, Shrines
banshin 番神		Also kyakushin 客神, ishin 夷神. Also written 蛮神 banshin. Gods that were thought to have originated…	Architecture, Shrines
betsugū 別宮		Also bessha 別社, edamiya 枝宮, or edayashiro 枝社. A god is enshrined or venerated as being…	Architecture, Shrines
chakutōden 着到殿	✓	Also written 著到殿 or tōchakuden 到着殿. The designated place for the imperial messenger, chokushi 勅使, and…	Architecture, Shrines
chigi 千木		Also written 鎮木, 知木, 知疑. Also higi 氷木. 1　Forked finials, which are found on most Shinto…	Architecture, Shrines, Folk Dwellings
chinjusha 鎮守社	✓	Also read chinju no yashiro. It is sometimes called chinjudō 鎮守堂; dojidō 土地堂; …	Architecture, Shrines
chō-no-ya 庁の屋		Also written 庁舎 and read chō-no-ya or chōsha. A building in which priests gathered to discuss ceremonies…	Architecture, Shrines
chokushiden 勅使殿	✓	The chokushiden is the place where an envoy, chokushi 勅使, stays when he is sent to a shrine to offer…	Architecture, Shrines
chūden 中殿		The space *ai-no-ma 相の間 between the sanctuary *…	Architecture, Shrines
chūjin 中陣		A term used in shrine architecture: a middle area between the *honden 本殿, *…	Architecture, Shrines
Daijōkyū 大嘗宮		Also daijōgū. A temporary palace of unstripped timber, untreated grasses and reeds, and bamboo, used for the Grand…	Architecture, Shrines
Daijōsai 大嘗祭		Also read ōnihe matsuri, ōnie matsuri, ōname matsuri, and ōmube matsuri. The Great Food…	Architecture, Shrines
daikoku-bashira 大黒柱	✓	Also written 大極柱, shin-no-hashira 心の柱, yaku-bashira 役柱, and naka-bashira 中柱. 1…	Architecture, Folk Dwellings, Shrines
dashi 山車		Also called yamaboko 山鉾, hikiyama 引山, maiguruma 舞車, odoriguruma 踊車, and yatai…	Architecture, Shrines
dashimise-zukuri 出店造		Small shrine buildings in an early Kasuga style, *kasuga-zukuri 春日造, that…	Architecture, Shrines
gakusho 楽所	✓	Also called gakuya 楽屋 or gakudokoro 楽所. A small, simple, open building, like a roofed platform at some…	Architecture, Shrines
gion-zukuri 祇園造		Also called *yasaka-zukuri 八坂造. The style of the main shrine building *…	Architecture, Shrines
gonden 権殿		Also *kariden 仮殿, karidono; utsushidono 移殿. A temporary…	Architecture, Shrines
gongen-zukuri 権現造		Also called ishinoma-zukuri 石の間造, *yatsumune-zukuri 八棟造, and…	Architecture, Shrines
hachiman torii 八幡鳥居	✓	A pillar of the shinmei type, *shinmei torii 神明鳥居, with no…	Architecture, Shrines
hachiman-zukuri 八幡造		A style of shrine architecture characterized by a structure which from the side-view gives the impression of two separate…	Architecture, Shrines
haiden 拝殿	✓	A worship hall at a Shinto shrine, usually placed on the same axis as the offering hall, *…	Architecture, Shrines
hakozaki torii 筥崎鳥居		Also called Hakozaki Hachimangū 筥崎八幡宮, Hakozaki no Miya 筥崎宮 or Hizen torii 肥前鳥居. A stone pillar type of gate characterized…	Architecture, Shrines
haraidono 祓殿		Lit. purification hall. Also read haraedono. Also haraidokoro 祓所. A hall where Shinto priests or lay…	Architecture, Shrines
hashidono 橋殿	✓	Lit. bridge building. A wooden structure (3 × 4 bays) built over a stream. It is closely related to the kaguraden…	Architecture, Shrines
heiden 幣殿		A shrine building, usually located on the same axis as the worship hall *haiden…	Architecture, Shrines
hie-zukuri 日吉造		Also called shōtei-zukuri or shōtai-zukuri 聖帝造 or sannō-zukuri 山王造. A unique style of shrine…	Architecture, Shrines
himorogi 神籬		1　A single sacred pillar standing independently. Its origin as well as its true significance is not clear…	Architecture, Shrines
hiyoku irimoya-zukuri 比翼入母屋造	✓	A style of hip-and-gable roof exemplified by the one on the *honden 本殿 at…	Architecture, Shrines
hōko 宝庫		Also hōzō 宝蔵, shinko 神庫, itakura 板倉, banzō 板蔵, sazō 叉蔵. A storehouse for…	Architecture, Shrines
honden 本殿		The sanctuary of a Shinto shrine, considered the most sacred shrine building because it contains the essence of the deity,…	Architecture, Shrines
ikkensha zukuri 一間社造		A style of main shrine building that has a small one-bay sanctuary *honden…	Architecture, Shrines
imibiyaden 忌火屋殿		Lit. pure fire hall. A hall for the preparation of food to be offered to the gods at Ise Jingu 伊勢神宮. The character 忌 imi…	Architecture, Shrines
inari torii 稲荷鳥居	✓	A type of gate-like structure *torii 鳥居 at inari 稲荷…	Architecture, Shrines
ise torii 伊勢鳥居	✓	Gateways *torii 鳥居, specific to Ise Jingū 伊勢神宮, of which there are two types.…	Architecture, Shrines
jichinsai　地鎮祭		Also called chinjisai 鎮地祭; jisai 地祭, jiiwai 地祝, tsuchimatsuri 土祭 or tokoshizume no…	Architecture, Shrines
jinja kenchiku 神社建築		Lit. shrine architecture. The architecture associated with Shinto shrines, including all the shrine buildings, shaden…	Architecture, Shrines
jinja 神社	✓	A generic name for a Shinto shrine. Before World War Two shrines were classified into five categorize: first rank, …	Architecture, Shrines
kamadodono 竈殿		Sometimes also kamamiya 釜宮. Also read hettsuidono. A building with a hearth or cooking stove. Often a stove may be placed…	Architecture, Shrines
kamadono 釜殿		Also pronounced kanaedono, kamaden. A synonym for *kamaya 釜屋…	Architecture, Shrines
kandachi 神館		A place for Shinto purification rites, as well as a place for priests to go into seclusion for a set amount of time.	Architecture, Shrines
karahafu torii 唐破風不鳥居	✓	A unique Shinto gate *torii 鳥居 in Kyoto, called Itsukushima…	Architecture, Shrines
kariden 仮殿		Also karidono. A temporary shrine building to which a deity is transferred while the main sanctuary *…	Architecture, Shrines
kasagi 笠木		Also written 葢木 or 衡木; also *kabuki 冠木. 1…	Architecture, Shrines
kashigidono 炊殿		Also mikashigidono 御炊殿 1　The special kitchen at Shinto shrines where rice to be…	Architecture, Shrines
kashii-zukuri 香椎造		A style of building used for the sanctuary *honden 本殿, at a…	Architecture, Shrines
kashima torii 鹿島鳥居	✓	Shinmei type pillars *shinmei torii 神明鳥居,…	Architecture, Shrines
kasuga torii 春日鳥居	✓	A shinmei type of shrine gate *shinmeitorii 神明鳥居. The two…	Architecture, Shrines
kasuga-zukuri 春日造		A style of shrine architecture employed in main sanctuaries *honden …	Architecture, Shrines
katsuogi 堅魚木	✓	Also written 鰹木, 勝男木, 葛緒木. Also called kasoegi 斗木. Wooden billets placed atop and at right angle to a roof ridge,…	Architecture, Shrines
keidaisha 境内社		A subsidiary Shinto shrine located within the precincts of the main shrine.	Architecture, Shrines
keigaisha 境外社		A subsidiary Shinto shrine located outside the precincts of the main shrine. It may be near the precinct boundaries or at a…	Architecture, Shrines
kibitsu-zukuri 吉備津造	✓	Also kibi-zukuri 吉備造 and *hiyoku irimoya-zukuri 比翼入母屋造. A…	Architecture, Shrines
kō-ita 甲板		A long thick horizontal board placed at the apex of a roof as a cover to protect the uppermost ridge. The board is used…	Architecture, Shrines
kuroki torii 黒木鳥居		The simplest type of Shinto gate *torii 鳥居 belonging to the …	Architecture, Shrines
maidono 舞殿	✓	Also read maiden. Also kaguradono, kaguraden 神楽殿 or kagura 神楽. Lit. "dance hall."…	Architecture, Shrines
massha 末社		One or many small subsidiary Shinto shrines belonging to a main shrine. If the buildings are located within the precincts of…	Architecture, Shrines
mihashira torii 三柱鳥居		Also read mitsubashira torii or called sankakutorii 三角鳥居. A gate-like structure *…	Architecture, Shrines
miho-zukuri 美保造	✓	A style of architecture found at Miho Jinja 美保神社 in Shimane Prefecture. Two shrine buildings in the taisha style *…	Architecture, Shrines
mikeden 御饌殿		Also pronounced mikedono. A daily offering hall at a shrine. The most important example is in the northeast corner…	Architecture, Shrines
mikoshiyadori 神輿舎	✓	Also written 神輿宿. Also mikoshigura 神輿倉, or shin'yoko 神輿庫. A storehouse for a portable shrine *…	Architecture, Shrines
mikuri 御厨		Also pronounced mikuriya. A building or kitchen where food and drink are prepared to offer to the gods. For…	Architecture, Shrines
misedana-zukuri 見世棚造	✓	Also written 店棚造. Also dashimise-zukuri 出し店造. A very small shrine building, one bay wide, within the precincts of a…	Architecture, Shrines
mitarashi 御手洗	✓	A place to one side of the approach to a Shinto shrine where visitors perform purification rites, including rinsing the…	Architecture, Shrines
mitosai 御戸祭		One of the ceremonies performed at the time of shrine construction when the doors of the main shrine building are hung. At…	Architecture, Shrines
miwa torii 三輪鳥居	✓	Also called mitsutorii 三鳥居 or sankō torii 三光鳥居. An entrance gate to a Shinto shrine comprised of three…	Architecture, Shrines
mizugaki 瑞垣	✓	Also written 籬垣, 水垣. A fence. Originally, mizugaki referred to a fence composed of trees surrounding a forest or…	Architecture, Shrines
mokedono 儲殿		A temporary building for housing the deity at Ise Jingū 伊勢神宮, during the Heian and Kamakura periods. During the rebuilding…	Architecture, Shrines
mukō-zukuri 向造		Also pronounced mukai-zukuri. A style used for the main building *honden…	Architecture, Shrines
myōjin torii 明神鳥居	✓	A pillared gate-like entrance to a Shinto shrine, developed around the 9th century. The most common type of shrine entrance…	Architecture, Shrines
nagare-zukuri 流造	✓	Also nagare hafu-zukuri 流破風造. A widely used style of main sanctuary *…	Architecture, Shrines
nagatoko 長床		A room at Kumano Jinja 熊野神社, in Fukushima Prefecture, which is similar to a worshipper's hall *…	Architecture, Shrines
Naikūgen torii 内宮源鳥居		Small entrance-gates at Yoshida Jinja 吉田神社 in Kyoto. They are located in front of two small shrines behind the octagonal…	Architecture, Shrines
nainaijin 内内陣		1　A miniature shrine within the sanctuary of a Shinto shrine. 2　The innermost…	Architecture, Shrines
nakayama torii 中山鳥居		Also called banshi torii 伴氏鳥居. A stone entrance-gate to a Shinto shrine *torii…	Architecture, Shrines
naoraiden 直会殿		Also read noraidono, gesaiden 解斎殿. A shrine building to which priests retire after performing the Shinto…	Architecture, Shrines
nune torii 奴禰鳥居		An ornamental type of *myōjin torii 明神鳥居, or gate-like entrance a Shinto…	Architecture, Shrines
ōji-zukuri 王子造		Also written 皇子造. A style of construction used for a Shinto shrine sanctuary *honden…	Architecture, Shrines
omiya 御宮		A term of respect for a shrine.	Architecture, Shrines
otabisho shinden 御旅所神殿		Also *otabisho 御旅所. Otabi 御旅 (revered journey); sho 所 (space); shinden…	Architecture, Shrines
otabisho 御旅所		Also otabi-no-miya 御旅宮, otabi 御旅, tabisho 旅所, mikoshiyadori 神輿舎. A palanquin-like…	Architecture, Shrines
ōtori-zukuri 大鳥造		A simple style of main shrine building *honden 本殿, with gable roof *…	Architecture, Shrines
raiden 礼殿		Also *haiden 拝殿. A worship hall for Shinto shrine visitors. The plan…	Architecture, Shrines
reibyō 霊廟	✓	Also byōsho 廟所 or mitamaya 霊屋. A mausoleum in which the spirit of the dead is enshrined. It may be…	Architecture, Shrines
ryōbu torii 両部鳥居	✓	Also called yotsuashi torii 四脚鳥居, gongen torii 権現鳥居 or chigobashira torii 稚児柱鳥居. A Shinto shrine…	Architecture, Shrines
ryōnagare-zukuri 両流造		Also abbreviated to ryōnagare 両流. A style of main sanctuary *honden…	Architecture, Shrines
ryōsage-zukuri 両下造		A gable roof *kirizuma-zukuri 切妻造, which has no gable…	Architecture, Shrines
saijō 斎場		1　An area temporarily purified to erect temporary buildings and facilities for performing the *…	Architecture, Shrines
saikan 斎館		Also *kandachi 神館, shinkan 神館. 1　At Ise Jingū…	Architecture, Shrines
sakadono 酒殿	✓	Also misakedono 御酒殿; the prefix mi 御 is an honorific. 1　A shrine building specific to…	Architecture, Shrines
sanja-zukuri 三社造		Also called sangenyashiro or sangensha 三間社. A type of Shinto shrine. The main building *…	Architecture, Shrines
sannō torii 山王鳥居	✓	Also called hie torii 日吉鳥居, sōgō torii 総合鳥居, hafu torii 破風鳥居 or gasshō torii 合掌鳥居.…	Architecture, Shrines
sanrōsho 山籠所		Lit. "a place to go into seclusion." A shrine or temple where priests or laymen can retire alone to pray. However, special…	Architecture, Shrines
seihōkei haiden 正方形拝殿		Square worship hall. A type of worship hall at a Shinto shrine. The 3 × 3 bay hall is believed to have been derived from a…	Architecture, Shrines
sengen-zukuri 浅間造		A style of architecture exemplified by the 2-storied worship hall *haiden 拝殿 at…	Architecture, Shrines
senzasai 遷座祭		A festival held for a building that is to be dismantled and rebuilt, or undergo major repairs. Before construction begins,…	Architecture, Shrines
sessha 摂社	✓	A Shinto shrine, second in rank and size to the main shrine honsha 本社, but having a status higher than the *…	Architecture, Shrines
shake 社家		Also shashike 社司家 or shakeshū 社家衆. 1　A hereditary line of Shinto priests of…	Architecture, Shrines
shamusho 社務所		A group of administrative and sometimes commercial buildings at a Shinto shrine. In ancient times, each shrine was…	Architecture, Shrines